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(44 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I saw this. I would be upset about some of the things they said but it's just the Gameboy. Now, if they said these things about the Game Gear....

boomlinde wrote:

maybe they are just faking writer's block to get attention

I feel like this is directed at me. hmm

boomlinde wrote:

never experienced it. you only ever experience it if you are a big fake. you get over it by not being a bad and unproductive musician

A lot of fakes in this thread.

Dire Hit wrote:

If you're looking for a super quick fix, try writing on shitty headphones/speakers. It's easier to focus on the music when you're not worrying about the sounds you're using. Some of my best songs were originally written by holding a gameboy to the side of my head whenever I wanted to listen to what I was working on.

Only gear I got is shitty headphones and speakers.

One of the main reasons I stopped doing hip-hop in FL.

Need monitors for all that. Doesn't seem necessary for what I'm doing now though.

TylerBarnes wrote:

I find that listening to my work in progress over and over will quickly make me become too content with how it turned out. Once I get something substantial written, I like to listen to it cause I'm proud of how it sounds or I think it sounds cool. I try to resist this urge because once I become satisfied in any way I will stop creating efficiently or even stop all together. My brain will become creative only when it has the drive to want to impress myself (and others) with something new. Which brings be to another point. Showing of you music to other before it is finished will kill your progress in the same manner. Cause once you receive praise for something, you will usually stop trying as hard on the song. One of the main drives behind a creative mind it to receive praise from others and from yourself. Once you get that, there isn't much motivation to continue.

tl;dr Solutions are: don't show off work in progress tracks to others till they are done. And only re-listen to tracks as much as is necessary to continue writing.

Hit the nail on the head and one shotted it like Hank Hill.

2PLAYER wrote:

I also tend to be a perfectionist so not a lot of my songs are up to my standards.

Same here.

Thanks for the replies.

I keep thinking that when something happens to me it has to be me and everyone else pumps out tracks 24/7.

Self confidence problem I'm assuming.

I always start songs then get to a point where there's nothing else to add (only a few patterns in). I keep opening my tracker listening and listening and listening.... Now I'm sick of what I made and want to scrap it. But I really enjoyed what I had before and thought it was gonna go somewhere. But the problem is I can't seem to figure out how the hell it's supposed to keep going. I guess they call it writers block. What do you do? Work on another song and have that one queued to work on later? Wait it out for way longer then just a few hours or a few days?

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Ahhhg never mind...

I like it. But I'd have to say the hi-hats could get annoying to some people. It depends on how you're listening to it I guess. I'm taking it from a different angle probably because I read the posts in this thread beforehand. Did you use FL for this? What VSTs?

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egr wrote:

The ratings are calculated based on plays/comments/bookmarks/etc.  You can't rate a track directly.

Oh, alright. That's what I was thinking for awhile. Thanks.

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How do I do this? I can't seem to figure it out.

wedanced wrote:

nice. would say that your "guitar" sounds could be maybe a little dirtier. more variation with the drum sounds would be nice with some more HH stuff going. Hard tell tho cuz the cymbals are hard to tell apart. maybe crash to emphasize certain parts. bass sound could be articulated. great composition tho and the fills are solid. maybe work on the  volume mix a little more.

good work tho.

Thanks.

Be sure to check back in a little while cause' I've been reworking it and extending it.

Even when I was doing hip-hop I couldn't change up my drums that much. I have no idea how to be really varied with drums. They seem like the type of thing that just stays constant to me.

ShinigamiMachine wrote:

Okay, a song this good would take me like a year of practice and work to make. This is INCREDIBLE!

Aye thanks dude!

Thanks for the comments. Much appreciated.